- Lydia Lunch
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Lydia Lunch (* 2. Juni 1959 als Lydia Koch in Rochester, New York) ist eine US-amerikanische Sängerin, Dichterin und Schauspielerin.
Sie gründete 1977 die kurzlebige, aber einflussreiche No Wave-Band Teenage Jesus & the Jerks. Danach startete sie eine Solokarriere und arbeitete unter anderem mit J. G. Thirlwell (Foetus), Kim Gordon, Rowland S. Howard, Michael Gira, The Birthday Party, den Einstürzenden Neubauten, Joseph Budenholzer (Backworld), Die Haut und Omar Rodriguez-Lopez zusammen.
Darüber hinaus spielte sie in einigen Underground-Filmen mit und gibt auch Spoken Word-Vorstellungen.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Diskografie
Musik
- Babydoll b/w Freud In Flop, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (7" / Lust/Unlust, 1979)
- Try Me b/w Staircase, Beirut Slump (7" / Lust/Unlust, 1979)
- Orphans b/w Less of Me, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (7" / Migraine, 1979)
- Pink, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (12" / Lust/Unlust, 1979)
- Pre-Teenage Jesus, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (12" / ZE, 1979)
- Off White, James White and the Blacks (LP / ZE, 1979; credited as Stella Rico)
- Queen of Siam, solo (LP / ZE, 1979)
- Diddy Wah Diddy b/w Dead Me You B-Side, 8-Eyed Spy (7" / Fetish, 1980)
- 8-Eyed Spy, 8-Eyed Spy (LP / Fetish, 1981)
- Live, 8-Eyed Spy (cassette / ROIR, 1981)
- Devil Dogs (live in Italy / unreleased, 1981)
- 13.13, solo (LP / Ruby, 1981)
- The Agony is the Ecstasy, solo (split 12" EP w. The Birthday Party / 4AD, 1982)
- Some Velvet Morning, w. Rowland S. Howard (12" EP / 4AD, 1982)
- Der Karibische Western, Die Haut (12" EP, 1982)
- Thirsty Animal, Einstürzende Neubauten (12" EP, 1982)
- Boy-Girl, Sort Sol (7", 1983)
- Dagger & Guitar, Sort Sol (LP, 1983)
- In Limbo, w. Thurston Moore (12" EP / Widowspeak, 1984)
- The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton, w. Lucy Hamilton aka China Burg of MARS (12" EP / Widowspeak, 1985)
- A Dozen Dead Roses, No Trend (LP, 1985)
- Heart of Darkness, w. No Trend (10" EP / Widowspeak, 1985)
- Death Valley '69, w. Sonic Youth (12", 1986)
- Hysterie, best-of compilation (LP, 1986)
- The Crumb, w. Thurston Moore (12" EP / Widowspeak, 1987)
- Honeymoon In Red, w. members of The Birthday Party (LP, 1987)
- Stinkfist, w. Clint Ruin (12" EP, 1987)
- Naked In Garden Hills, Harry Crews (1987)
- Don't Fear the Reaper, w. Clint Ruin (12" EP, 1991)
- Shotgun Wedding, w. Rowland S. Howard (CD, 1991)
- Head On, Die Haut (CD / Triple X, 1992)
- Sweat, Die Haut (CD / Triple X, 1992)
- Twisted, solo (7", 1992)
- Unearthly Delights, solo (7", 1992)
- Transmutation + Shotgun Wedding Live in Siberia, w. Rowland S. Howard (CD, 1994)
- Everything, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (CD re-issue/ Atavistic, 1995)
- Luncheone, 8-Eyed Spy (CD re-issue/ Atavistic, 1995)
- No Excuse b/w A Short History of Decay, w. Lee Ranaldo) (7" / Figurehead, 1997)
- The Desperate Ones, w. Glyn Styler) (CD EP / Atavistic, 1997)
- York (First Exit To Brooklyn), w. The Foetus Symphony Orchestra (CD, 1997)
- Matrikamantra, solo (CD, Crippled Dick Hot Wax!, 1997)
- Widowspeak: The Original Soundtrack, solo best-of compilation (2CD / NMC, 1998)
- Champagne, Cocaine & Nicotine stains, w. Anubian Lights) (Mcd, 10" / Crippled Dick Hot Wax!, 2002)
- Smoke In The Shadows, solo (CD / Atavistic, 2004)
- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Lydia Lunch, w. Omar A. Rodriguez Lopez (CD / Konkurrent, 2007)
Spoken Word
- Better An Old Demon Than A New God, Giorno Poetry Systems comp. f/ William S. Burroughs, Psychic TV, Richard Hell and others (1984)
- The Uncensored, solo (1984)
- Hard Rock, solo (split cassette w. Michael Gira / Ecstatic Peace, 1984)
- Oral Fixation, solo (12", 1988)
- Our Fathers who Aren't in Heaven, w. Henry Rollins, Hubert Selby Jr. and Don Bajema (1990)
- Conspiracy of Women, solo (1990)
- South of Your Border, w. Emilio Cubeiro (1991)
- POW, solo (1992)
- Crimes Against Nature, solo spoken-word anthology (Tripple X/Atavistic, 1994)
- Rude Hieroglyphics, w. Exene Cervenka (Rykodisc, 1995)
- Universal Infiltrators, (Atavistic, 1996)
- The Devil's Racetrack (2000)
Filmografie
als Schauspielerin
- She Had Her Gun All Ready (1978)
- Guerillere Talks (1978)
- Black Box (1979)
- Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979)
- The Offenders (1979-1980)
- Liberty's Booty (1980)
- Subway Riders (1981)
- Like Dawn to Dust (1983)
- Vortex (1983)
- Submit to Me (1985)
- The Right Side of My Brain (1985)
- Fingered (1986)
- Submit to Me Now (1987)
- Mondo New York (1987)
- Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread (1987)
- Penn & Teller's BBQ Death Squad (198?)
- Thanatopsis (1991)
- Visiting Desire (1996)
- Power of the Word (1996)
- The Heart is Deceitful Above all Things (2004)
- Psychomentsrum (bisher nicht veröffentlicht)
als Regisseurin
- Men in Orbit (1981)
als Autorin
- The Right Side of My Brain (1985)
- Fingered (1986)
- Paradoxia: A Predator's Diary (1997), deutsch: Paradoxie. Tagebuch eines Raubtiers (Bremen 2000) ISBN 3-934790-00-3
- Adulterers Anonymous (1996)
- Incriminating Evidence (1992), deutsch: Belastende Indizien (Bremen 2000) ISBN 3-934790-01-1
als Komponistin
- The Offenders (1980)
- Vortex (1983)
- The Right Side of My Brain (1985)
- Goodbye 42nd Street (1986)
- Fingered (1986)
- I Pass for Human (2004)
als Subjekt
- Rome 78 (1978)
- The Wild World of Lydia Lunch (1983)
- Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (1987)
- Put More Blood into the Music (1987)
- The Gun is Loaded (1988-1989)
- The Road to God Knows Where (1990)
- Malicious Intent (1990)
- The Thunder (1992)
- Paradoxia (1998)
- Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock (2001)
- DIY or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist (2002)
als Erzählerin
- American Fame Part 1: Drowning River Phoenix (2004)
Bibliografie
- Adulterers Anonymous (1982 mit Exene Cervenka)
- AS-FIX-E-8 (1990 mit Mike Matthews)
- Bloodsucker (1992 mit Bob Fingerman)
- Incriminating Evidence (1992)
- Paradoxia; a Predator's Diary (1997)
- Toxic Gumbo (1998 mit Ted McKeever)
Weblinks
- Literatur von und über Lydia Lunch im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
- lydia-lunch.org - offizielle Webseite (englisch)
Kategorien:- Autor
- Lyrik
- Schauspieler
- Punk-Sänger
- US-amerikanischer Musiker
- Geboren 1959
- Frau
- No-Wave-Musiker
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